contagion

Cuba implements a strategy to eliminate leprosy contagion

Published on: February 1, 2023
00:45

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Havana, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has implemented a strategy to eliminate contagions of leprosy, a curable disease that is not very transmissible and has an average incubation period of five years.

El Salvador reports 10 new Covid-19 deaths

Published on: December 17, 2022
09:47

By: Pavel López Lazo

San Salvador, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador´s Health Ministry (MINSAL) on Saturday confirmed 10 new deaths of Covid-19 this week, as a result of an increased infection toll with different virus variants that have peaked since the end of October.

Germany launches regulations to prevent Covid-19 contagion

Published on: October 1, 2022
15:07

By: Pavel López Lazo

Berlin, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) German government has launched a new health regulation to prevent Covid-19 contagion ahead of probable increased coronavirus cases in coming autumn and winter seasons.

Increased contagion by Aedes aegypti mosquito reported in Cuba

Published on: August 24, 2022
07:50

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Havana, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Deputy Public Health Minister Carilda Peña reported that the current contagion levels caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito exceed by 49.5 percent the values of the same period in 2021.

New mosquito transmits dengue fever in Cuba’s province

Published on: December 11, 2021
00:30

By: Juan M. Garcia

Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The Aedes vittatus mosquito that transmits the same diseases as the Aedes aegyptis was detected in this central Cuban province of Cuba, according to biologists from the territory's Medical Entomology Laboratory.

Cuba with highest new Covid-19 contagion rate

Published on: July 23, 2021
14:01

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) With 7,784 new Covid-19 cases, Cuba on Friday reported the highest figure of contagions in 24 hours since the pandemic broke out in the country.

India exceeded 400 thousand cases of Covid-19

Published on: May 1, 2021
10:45

By: Prensa Latina

New Delhi, May 1 (Prensa Latina) India reported for the first time 401,993 new cases of Covid-19, to accumulate 19 million 164 thousand 969 inhabitants affected by the pandemic, reported the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

No surprises in Covid-19 scenario in Africa

Published on: April 29, 2021
10:43

By: Prensa Latina

Nairobi, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday remains unchanged after days in which death and contagion rates increased, according to the report by the Disease Prevention and Control Center (DPCC).

Covid-19 deaths in Africa decrease, but famine is a threat

Published on: April 13, 2021
11:47

By: Prensa Latina

Nairobi, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Africa on Monday reported 262 deaths due to causes related to Covid-19, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday, the same average figure reported over the weekend, an arithmetical coincidence.

Covid-19 deaths increase in nursing homes in Uruguay

Published on: April 7, 2021
14:03

By: Prensa Latina

Montevideo, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay on Wednesday reported 45 deaths from Covid-19 and a wave of contagion in nursing homes across the country for the second consecutive day.

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